Bug 225587

Summary:	insmod softdog: Device or resource busy
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Silvio Ziegelwanger <silvio.ziegelwanger>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Aristeu Rozanski <arozansk>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5.0	CC:	dzickus, s.parikh
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Description Silvio Ziegelwanger 2007-01-31 15:21:10 UTC

[root@AL-4-BE-01 init.d]# insmod
/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2747.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.ko
insmod: error inserting
'/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2747.el5/kernel/drivers/char/watchdog/softdog.ko': -1
Device or resource busy

dmesg
SoftDog: cannot register miscdev on minor=130 (err=-16)

Comment 1 Aristeu Rozanski 2007-09-07 14:41:55 UTC

Hi Silvio,
please attach the /proc/misc file and the lsmod output.
Thanks,

Comment 2 Aristeu Rozanski 2008-01-07 16:45:56 UTC

Silvio,
did you managed to get the files I requested on comment #1?

Comment 3 Aristeu Rozanski 2008-09-05 14:42:37 UTC

I'm closing this bug because the lack of information. Please feel free to reopen
if the problem persists providing the requested info.

Comment 4 Sapan Parikh 2013-07-16 13:55:25 UTC

Hi Aristeu Rozanski, I am also having the same error regarding softdog installation. Can you please reopen the bug. If you say, I can send you your required information.

Thanks
Sapan

Comment 5 Aristeu Rozanski 2013-07-16 14:32:22 UTC

Sure, please attach the required files.

Comment 6 Sapan Parikh 2013-07-17 11:21:28 UTC

Actually I used the alternative way and got the solution with FPGA Watchdog. 
Thanks for the concern.

Sapan Parikh